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Turkish police on Sunday used rubber bullets and water canon to break up marches by groups of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) in central Istanbul. "Our security will be provided by recognising us in the constitution, by securing justice, by equality and freedom". LGBT activists have long lobbied unsuccessfully to have sexual orientation and gender identity covered by Turkish laws protecting civil rights and prohibiting hate speech.

Schumer spoke first, calling the bill a "wolf in sheep's clothing", but with "sharper teeth" than the legislation the House of Representatives narrowly passed in May. The final state budget didn't make most of the threatened cuts, but froze Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes. No Democratic senators support the draft of the bill, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act .

The man suffered injuries that resulted in the loss of his legs. Katlyn Oliver , 4, was fatally injured at 6:47 p.m. Friday when she became entangled in the boat's propeller while swimming at the Belton Lake park in far west Temple. Temple police responded to the accident at about 6:47 p.m. Friday evening. The unidentified father suffered his injuries as he attempted to help his daughter.

Though the Senate GOP's bill repeals the individual mandate , the legislation maintains numerous ACA tax credits that have helped people buy insurance. The measure calls for reducing money for Medicaid. "They'd like to get certain changes", he said, "and we'll see if we can take care of that". He called the Senate's bill "not a health care bill" but a "massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America".

A major goal of Republican "reforms" is to greatly reduce the Medicaid program. "There's been no indication from the current administration , or from Congress, that the subsidies that are now going to insurance companies will continue", said Vilsack.

The President has had a fraught relationship with the Muslim community in the United States. The White House issued a statement on late Saturday evening. A man who respects the meaning of culture. Thomas Jefferson , a noted slave owner, held the first White House dinner celebrating Ramadan , but it only became a "White House tradition" with Bill Clinton , whose Clinton Foundation scored tens of millions of dollars in donations from Muslim nations.

While speaking to reporters this week, Moulton said , "It's time for change, and personally I think it's time for a new generation of leadership in the party". And running simply on an anti-Trump message - like Clinton tried and failed a year ago - wouldn't work for Democrats in 2018 either, no matter how mired in scandal and controversy over Russian Federation the White House may be.

As we have said before, Obamacare isn't sacrosanct. "As we heard (Sen.) Rand Paul say earlier, we need to legalize low-priced insurance again", Sen. Sen. Johnson also said Friday he believes the replacement for the Affordable Care Act should allow people to buy cheaper insurance plans that both cost and cover less.

There are some differences between the House bill and the Senate bill, but overall, many people are concerned if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, because the replacement could leave millions of Americans without coverage. He urged Republicans to work with Democrats by "stop sabotaging Obamacare" and giving up the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It would offer tax credits to help offset the cost of coverage, and eliminate most ACA taxes on corporations and higher-income ...

The 28-year-old is accused of killing two men and a woman three weeks ago at Lillian and Beacon in north St. Louis, a shooting that also left a 7-year-old girl in critical condition. Irving and Garth's 7-year-old daughter, Deniya, was also critically injured in the shooting. Buress is accused of shooting the victims while they sat in a auto on Beacon and Lillian on June 1st.

A huge fire broke out after hundreds of local people, mostly villagers, gathered at a capsized oil tanker site on a highway to collect the petrol that spilled out from the ill-fated vehicle. The injured have been rushed to nearby hospitals for medical treatment. At the time of the accident , the tanker had been carrying the tanker had been carrying 25,000 litres (5,500 gallons) of oil.

Forrest Fenn poses at his Santa Fe, N.M., home July 2014. Police say a body was found in New Mexico not far from where a the pastor parked his vehicle before heading out to search for a supposed hidden cache of gold and jewels. "People start to make decisions that aren't based in good, sound judgment when it comes to money, much less than a million dollars". "People think the whole thing's a hoax to sell books", Fenn told the newspaper.

Four Senate Republicans came out against the health care bill draft - which was written behind closed doors - when it was revealed on Thursday. Senate drafters of the bill, by not including the new funding, could give either Capito or Portman - both of whom hail from Medicaid expansion states and have shown resistance to major cuts to the program - a sturdier stack of reasons to vote no.

The Russian defense ministry said Friday it had conducted a "surprise mass missile strike" against IS targets, using cruise missiles fired from the Mediterranean. The Russian military now has threatened to halt its hotline use and notably after Mr. Trump ordered missile launch in April. Iranian, Russian and Turkish personnel will be deployed in parts of Syria as part of a de-escalation agreement brokered by Russia last month, Turkish broadcasters quoted President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman ...

The tanker carrying 40,000 litres of fuel overturned on a main highway while travelling from Karachi to Lahore , near the town of Ahmedpur East in Punjab province . "The fire moved so fast", he said. The toll may increase as numerous injured are said to be in critical condition, the police added. "We turned the traffic to some other roads, and we tried to stop the crowd, but they were in hundreds and did not listen to us, so we were helpless", said Shah.

Warmbier's death has heightened tensions aggravated by dozens of North Korean missile launches and two nuclear bomb tests since previous year. Part of it read: 'Let us state the facts plainly: Otto Warmbier , an American citizen, was murdered by the Kim Jong-un regime.

The ministry said in a statement that two frigates and a submarine launched six cruise missiles on IS installations in the Hama province in Syria , destroying command centers and ammunition depots. Day and night monitoring of the situation on the ground in Syria proved the relevancy of a massive pinpoint missile strike on Daesh targets in Hama.

They blame his coma on botulism - a form of bacterial poisoning - a possibilty which the family and United States government deny . He was returned to the United States last week with brain damage and died Monday . hospital. However, North Korea claimed Warmbier contracted the illness and became comatose as a result of taking a sleeping pill. Officials at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he was treated after his return, declined to provide details.

He declined to describe the data that was stolen, saying the Russian interference remains the focus of several FBI investigations. Federal officials haven't listed the states affected, but said election officers in those states have been notified.

Erasing Obama's law has been a marquee pledge for Trump and virtually the entire party for years, and failure would be a shattering defeat for the GOP. Even if the measure is ultimately tweaked through amendments in Congress, it "cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation", the former president warned in a Facebook post.

In two simultaneous terrorist attacks on the administrative building of Iran's parliament and the shrine of Imam Khomeini in Tehran on June 7, 17 people were killed and 56 injured. " Iran , at different levels, confronts any threat which may target the Islamic Republic, and the country's missile strikes had a message that deterred the USA from even thinking of attacking Iran or isolating the country".

The passenger approached a group of around passengers at the station before grabbing his suitcase and causing a "partial explosion", Van Der Sypt said. The man had then run towards a Station Master and then targeted a soldier, screaming " Allahu Akbar (God is great)", before being shot . He also said that the man's home in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek was searched.

It was also banned by the Istanbul Governor's Office in 2016 for the same reasons as this year. At least a hundred protesters gathered in the nearby Cihangir neighborhood, beating drums and chanting slogans: "Don't be quiet, shout out, gays exist!" Wherever they march, we'll also go.

He said that Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav had confessed his crime and involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan. The minister noted that the criminal act was not limited to only a few people but also an worldwide racket was involved in this incident.

The moon-sighting committee convened a meeting today to sight Shawwal moon. Worshippers have flocked to Lakemba Mosque in south-western Sydney to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan , with crowds spilling onto the surrounding streets.

Nevada Senator Dean Heller announced he will not vote for the American Health Care Act as it is now written, making him the fifth GOP senator to say they won't vote for the bill since it was released Thursday morning. It also would end tax penalties on people who don't buy insurance policies and on larger firms that don't offer coverage to workers, while phasing out the extra money given to states that expanded their Medicaid programs to offer insurance to the working poor.

The Carolina outcome was closer than in Georgia but drew little national attention. "I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi believes that she is the one that can lead this party". She has beat back all comers, including last fall, when Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of OH ran against her. Ryan fell well short but garnered dozens of votes, enough to underscore dissatisfaction with Pelosi and with her aging leadership team that has left promising young Democrats with few places to rise.

Other first-day reaction to the bill was negative. "What you don't want to have is a situation where you're saying we're going to have everybody, regardless of their health problems, come in, and then have all the healthy people exit the market", said health policy expert Linda Blumberg of the Urban Institute .

And that Democratic farm team that, seven years on, could have been there to have these candidates who are state reps and state senators, it's not there. "I kind of joke, we talked about free-range chickens more than we talked about working people in the last election", he said. Trump seems to enjoy the focus on Pelosi, taking another jab Friday after tweeting about her the day before.

Trump has disputed Comey's assertion that Trump asked Comey for a pledge of loyalty during a dinner meeting they had. Trump responded at that time, via Twitter, that Comey "better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Comey testified June 8 before the Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump had pressured him to drop the FBI's investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and demanded his loyalty.

And we will leave the EU. Macron says he and the central European leaders "defined their points of disagreement" and talked frankly, but showed no sign of softening his criticism. Mr Tusk said that the offer would be subjected to line-by-line analysis by the Brexit negotiation team led by Michel Barnier following its publication on Monday.

She says that she's been getting calls to her home as a result. President Trump saluted the Capitol police officers injured in the attack. She says that everyone should examine their own conscience. Interns were seen handing out the baseball caps Thursday morning. Some 30 spectators watched the proceedings from the visitors' galleries. A budget increase for the U.S.

But in his interview on Sunday, Trump seemed confident in the contents of the Senate's bill, as well as its passage - although he predicted some changes to placate the senators that are now not supporting the legislation. Trump bemoaned the lack of help from Democrats on health care. "They're not addressing the root cause", he said, referring to rising health care costs.

Traditionally, Eid al-Fitr begins at sunset on the day of the first sighting of the crescent moon, following 29 or 30 days of Ramadan fasting. His Highness the Amir and the Gulf leaders discussed developments in the region, particularly the tension in relations between Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on one side and Qatar on the other.

Bangladesh, Pakistan, India will be sighting the moon tomorrow. In the capital Addis Ababa huge crowds arrived at and around the Addis Ababa stadium for Eid prayers early in the morning. Thousands of the Indonesian muslims congregrate during Eid al Fitr mass prayer in Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, located in Central Jakarta, Indonesia.